![]() 14 Wing Date Raised : 1962-02-21 Location : Chabua The Chabua air base was used extensively by the Allies for the operations against the Japanese, and was abandoned after World War II. In 1962, in response to the Chinese invasion of Tibet and subsequent threat to the Northeast, the Wing 14 was formed at Jorhat and moved to Chabua. The first IAF aircraft to operate here were the Dakotas of the 49 Squadron and the Vampires of the 24 Squadron. During the Chinese aggression, air transport support for Lohit, Siang and Subansiri divisions was provided from Chabua. In 1965, it was used as the base for a squadron each of the Hunters, the Otters and Mi-4 helicopters. After the war, in 1974, the runway was renovated to enable high performance fighter operations and the 47 Squadron moved here with MiG-21 aircraft. Before its closure in 1992, there were no fighter squadrons here, but the station had two Mi-17 Unitss for air logistics operations in Arunachal Pradesh. In 1993, it was decided to expand Chabua to once again house fighters. The helicopters were relocated to neighbouring Mohanbari and Chabua remained without any flying squadrons till 1995. The 20 Squadron, the erstwhile Thunderbolts, equipped with MiG-21FL, started operations from mid-1995. They undertook the task of training newly commissioned officers of the fighter stream. In January 1998, it was replaced by Operational Conversion Unitss, relocated from Chabua to Kalaikunda towards the end of 2009. On December 1, 2010, the 102 Squadron was resurrected with the magnificent Sukhoi-30MKI and Chabua once again became the easternmost fighter base of the air force.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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Unknown to | Group Captain John Dunbar Aquino | 1777 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
01 Jan 64 to 01 Jan 67 | Group Captain Edul Jahangir Dhatigara | 1899 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
Unknown to 01 Dec 67 | Group Captain Surjit Singh Jaspal | 1808 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
01 Mar 73 to | Group Captain Sanat Kumar Mitra | 3870 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
01 Jan 75 to 31 Mar 78 | Group Captain Ashateeta Chakravarti | 3662 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
01 Apr 78 to 21 Aug 79 | Group Captain Annaswami Sridharan | 4761 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
22 Aug 79 to 04 Jul 82 | Group Captain Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
05 Jul 82 to 27 Feb 85 | Group Captain Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
28 Feb 85 to 18 Oct 85 | Group Captain Ashwini Kumar Bhide | 5674 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
19 Oct 85 to 16 Feb 86 | Group Captain Nagina Singh Matharhoo | 8180 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
17 Feb 86 to 31 Jan 88 | Air Commodore Surindar Kumar Bajaj | 4884 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
01 Feb 88 to 17 Jul 90 | Air Commodore Krishna Bihari Singh | 5865 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
18 Jul 90 to 17 May 92 | Air Commodore Praveen Badhwar | 7658 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
18 May 92 to 21 Feb 94 | Air Commodore Amariit Singh Sandhu | 7703 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
22 Feb 94 to 06 Mar 94 | Group Captain S K Sharma | Stn Cdr | Chabua | ||
07 Mar 94 to 02 Aug 95 | Group Captain Kuldeep Singh Sahota | 9848 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
02 Aug 95 to 02 Mar 97 | Group Captain Charanjit Singh Gill | 11645 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
03 Mar 97 to 31 Oct 97 | Group Captain Murali Sundaram | 12369 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
01 Nov 97 to 31 Dec 98 | Air Commodore Murali Sundaram | 12369 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
01 Jan 99 to 20 Aug 01 | Air Commodore Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan | 12408 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
21 Aug 01 to 25 Dec 01 | Group Captain Anil Chopra | 13368 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
26 Dec 01 to 25 Jun 03 | Air Commodore Sudhir Asthana | 12202 GD(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
26 Jun 03 to 01 Jan 06 | Group Captain Rakesh Saxena | 15190 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Chabua | |
02 Jan 06 to 11 Nov 07 | Air Commodore Nirbhay Kumar Jain | 13576 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
12 Nov 07 to 30 Apr 09 | Air Commodore Sardar Harpal Singh | 16071 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
01 May 09 to 19 Dec 10 | Air Commodore Amit Dev | 16972 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
20 Dec 10 to 09 Jul 12 | Air Commodore Mrigendra Singh | 17324 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
10 Jul 12 to 17 May 15 | Air Commodore Mohan Kumar Rao | 17343 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
18 May 15 to 06 Aug 17 | Air Commodore Brij Mohan Tyagi | 18795 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
07 Aug 17 to 16 Dec 18 | Air Commodore George Thomas | 20118 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
17 Dec 18 to | Air Commodore Vikas Sharma | 20757 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
Unknown to 01 Nov 21 | Air Commodore Palaparthy Venkat Shivanand | 19901 F(P) | AOC | Chabua | |
02 Nov 21 to | Air Vice Marshal Palaparthy Venkat Shivanand | 19901 F(P) | AOC | Chabua |